What would I do if the world had to end in a day's time?

If the world truly had to end in a day’s time, there obviously won’t be time left to fulfill my remaining dreams and ambitions, but to be honest I think, if I were to die in a day, I won’t even care about the unfulfilled ambitions. They say, when you have very little life left, you start caring about it like never before. And I think this is what will happen with me too. All the career goals, the materialistic wants- that new phone model, my dream car, the house I always wanted, all of that wouldn’t even cross my mind on that day. The thoughts that would cross my mind would be that, was my life until now worth calling it a ‘life’? Did I really ‘live’? Or was I just waiting to ‘live’ all this while, without realizing I am in the middle of it..

After having all these thoughts, I think I’m strong enough to remind myself that this is the last day and I can’t waste it in existential crisis. Rather, I would do the things I love, the ones I can afford doing in that limited period of time. I would sit with my family and tell them how much I love them, how grateful I always was to have a backbone like them. We don’t generally express love, unless we’re far away or dying! Humans are pretty funny that way. I would want to have a last cup of coffee with them, chatting about the life we had until now, about the same old childhood memories that have been discussed over a hundred times before.

 I would talk to my friends, tell them how I wouldn’t have been able to go ahead strongly without them being there through all my thick & thins. I would thank them merely for existing and if possible, meet them in the time that is left.  

I would listen to all those songs in my playlist that hold such a special place in my heart because when everything around me was going wrong, they gave me the hope that it would be alright. And I know that, even on the doom’s day, I would still find solace in music.

I would spend time gazing at nature - the trees, the colors of the sky, the stones, the birds, and I just wish it’s raining on the doom’s day, as I have immense love for the rains in my heart. I wish I get to take a farewell from those beautiful raindrops too, who added so much more charm to my life all these years.

I would read my favorite book yet again, and I would wish it takes me away from the reality like it always does. Escapism through books, movies and songs has always been my thing! Forgetting about the world and being lost in fiction, is something I enjoy the most. And on the doom’s day, I wouldn’t miss on it for sure.

Being a theist, the most predictable behaviour would be praying to God that the world shouldn’t end. But to be very honest, I think I would like to give the Almighty some rest. Humans have reached extreme levels of being cruel all these years. They say humans have both demons and angels within them. Sad that we couldn’t see so much of the angel side over the years :’) And that’s the reason why, on the doom’s day, I wouldn’t request God to change the scenario, I wouldn’t pray for the world to keep going. But one thing I would do is, thank the supreme being for always leading me to better destinations, for bringing me into this world, for giving me a hope to survive, no matter how bad the world is, and no matter how many mistakes I made. 

 I would express my gratitude to this marvellous universe that gave me so many opportunities, so many loving people around, strong support systems at every point, and a wonderful time on this planet! 

And lastly, I would go stand in front of the mirror one last time, adore my body as much as I can, because it has been with me since birth and never gave up on me, no matter how careless I was at times. I would thank myself for making the decisions I made, for choosing the people I chose, for standing up strong and for having faith in myself every single time!

 ‘It was all worth it’, I would say to myself and smile.